H.Res. 819: Requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to submit to the House of Representatives all documents in the possession of the President and the Attorney General relating to requests made by the National Security Agency and other Federal agencies to telephone service providers requesting access to telephone communications records of persons in the United States and communications originating and terminating within the United States without a warrant.
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H.Res. 819: Requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to submit to the House of Representatives all documents in the possession of the President and the Attorney General relating to requests made by the National Security Agency and other Federal agencies to telephone service providers requesting access to telephone communications records of persons in the United States and communications originating and terminating within the United States without a warrant.
109th Congress · introduced 2006-05-17 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 203.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2006-05-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 203. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to submit to the House of Representatives all documents in the possession of the President and the Attorney General relating to requests made by the National Security Agency and other Federal agencies to telephone service providers requesting access to telephone communications records of persons in the United States and communications originating and terminating within the United States without a warrant.
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Requests the President, and directs the Attorney General, to submit to the House of Representatives, within 14 days of the adoption of this resolution, all documents in the possession of the President and the Attorney General, including all legal opinions, relating to requests made without a warrant by the National Security Agency (NSA) or other federal departments and agencies to telephone service providers, including wireless telephone service providers, for access to telephone communications records of persons in the United States (other than as authorized under titile I (Electronic Surveillance) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) or specified federal criminal law), subject to necessary redactions or requirements for handling classified documents.
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Official text
Requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to submit to the House of Representatives all documents in the possession of the President and the Attorney General relating to requests made by the National Security Agency and other Federal agencies to telephone service providers requesting access to telephone communications records of persons in the United States and communications originating and terminating within the United States without a warrant.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
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Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] · 0 cosponsors
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- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Resolution
- A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
- Roll-call vote
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- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hres819.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hres>
Record fed-us-cong109-hres819 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109